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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/9/80
Title
Charles Sutton, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Dec 1788
Author(s)
Charles Sutton 1756-1846
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/80 from Charles Sutton, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (15 December 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/80 from Charles Sutton, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (15 December 1788) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Sutton, Charles
Sent from:
Ipswich, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Encloses letter from Dr [Richard] Beadon [see RelatedMaterial below] discussing possibilities of Cambridge University Press publishing Smith's new edition of "Philosophia Botanica". Suggests Dawes, of Peterhouse, as a mediator if Smith is unwilling to make the printing request himself. The Press will not pay for the paper but will make an unspecified allowance, gives example of [Richard] Relhan receiving £50 for "Flora Cantabrigiensis".
Letter date:
15 Dec 1788
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.151
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Jan 1789 |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of possible printing of "Philosophia Botanica" see William Beadon's letter to Sutton of 12 December 1788, JES/COR/20/75, and Sutton's letter to Smith of 24 November 1788, JES/COR/9/79. Relhan, R, (1785-1793). "Flora Cantabrigiensis, exhibens plantas agro Cantabrigiensi indigenas, secundum systema sexuale digestas... - (...Supplementum & ... Supplementum alterum... & Supplementum tertium.)." Cantabrigia: J. Archdeacon. |
